PMID- 16238117
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060209
LR  - 20140729
IS  - 0043-5147 (Print)
IS  - 0043-5147 (Linking)
VI  - 58
IP  - 5-6
DP  - 2005
TI  - [The usefulness of the 6-minute walk test in patients with chronic heart failure 
      in 6-month observation].
PG  - 280-3
AB  - The severity of chronic heart failure (CHF) is usually evaluated by using the New 
      York Heart Association (NYHA) classification. However this method is not good to 
      assess the efficacy of therapy. There is no correlation between the severity of 
      CHF measured by echocardiographic examination of left ventricular ejection 
      fraction (LVEF) and NYHA classification. We investigated the usefulness of the 
      6-minute walk test to determinate the physical activity in patients with CHF. 
      Studies were performed in 50 patients with symptomatic CHF and LVEF no more than 
      45%. Six-minute walk test, assessment of NYHA class and LVEF were performed. 
      Changes in the treatment were done between first and second part of the 
      investigation. We observed some changes in LVEF value (between the 1st and the 
      2nd stage of our study) as well as in NYHA classification (between the 1st and 
      the 2nd stage and between the 2nd and the 3rd stage). We did not noticed 
      essential changes in 6-minute walk tests results. We observed negative 
      correlation between the distance walked in six-minute walk test and the NYHA 
      class in examined patients through all study time. There was some dependence 
      indicated between the LVEF and the 6-minute walk test distance in the first 
      stage. CONCLUSIONS: The severity of CHF graded with NYHA classification 
      correlates with the 6-minute walk test distance in patients with CHF. The 
      dependence between LVEF, NYHA class and 6-minute walk test results in treated 
      patients with CHF diminish.
FAU - Krauze-Wielicka, Magdalena
AU  - Krauze-Wielicka M
AD  - Oddzialu Kardiologii Szpitala Miejskiego w Rudzie Slaskiej
FAU - Kasperczyk, Slawomir
AU  - Kasperczyk S
FAU - Przywara, Brygida
AU  - Przywara B
FAU - Fudal, Marcin
AU  - Fudal M
FAU - Lesik, Dariusz
AU  - Lesik D
FAU - Gromnicka, Edyta
AU  - Gromnicka E
FAU - Dalecka, Eliza
AU  - Dalecka E
FAU - Simonska, Edyta
AU  - Simonska E
LA  - pol
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Przydatnosc 6-minutowego testu spacerowego w ocenie zmian w stanie klinicznym 
      chorych z niewydolnoscia serca podczas 6-miesiecznej obserwacji.
PL  - Poland
TA  - Wiad Lek
JT  - Wiadomosci lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960)
JID - 9705467
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Chronic Disease
MH  - Exercise Test/*methods
MH  - Exercise Tolerance
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Failure/*physiopathology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Stroke Volume
MH  - Ventricular Function, Left
MH  - *Walking
EDAT- 2005/10/22 09:00
MHDA- 2006/02/10 09:00
CRDT- 2005/10/22 09:00
PHST- 2005/10/22 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/02/10 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/10/22 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Wiad Lek. 2005;58(5-6):280-3.